The Wall of Love

From paralysing anxiety to launching her own yoga classes

“I’d had a really awful few years and a long history with depression, paralyzing anxiety and panic attacks. At one point I struggled to leave the house or even open the curtains. I’d had an eating disorder for a long time that had just depleted my body. Then in that AWAKEN in March 2021, everything changed. I qualified as a yoga teacher completely by surprise. And now I’ve just launched online yoga classes.”

Her revenue doubled with one piece of advice from Dylan

“With basically one piece of advice from Dylan, which I then put into action, my revenue doubled. The secret was: I began to see that what I was offering, the value of it, was not about my self-worth. 80% of my clients stayed. There was no question as to why I’d put my prices up. They just said, yeah, we love you and we want to stay.”

Seven years stable — Lizzie’s story in her own words

“I have a hereditary genetic disease. The prognosis is not very rosy at all. And I’ve been stable now for seven years, no surgery. I’m on the least medication I’ve ever been. I have no symptoms. And that’s basically unheard of when you have this condition. And that is not a coincidence.”

This is Lizzie’s personal experience shared in her own words. It is not a medical claim. Our programmes are educational, not clinical.

From ‘version of hell’ to thriving business

“Before coming into this work, I was definitely living in my version of hell. I was drowning completely. AWAKEN still to this day absolutely changed the course and the path of my life trajectory. My business grew to the point where I don’t have to start till 12 o’clock every day. I’ve just back from spending seven weeks in Australia where the team just carried everything.”

Her soul was washed, tumbled, and hung out to dry

“I feel like my soul was washed, tumbled, hung out to dry and put on the line. And what happens when the washing gets put on the line, the creases get blown out.”

He thought about walking out — then everything shifted

“I thought I was gonna learn a bunch of strategies and techniques… it very quickly wasn’t like that. I did think about walking out. But it started to transform the way I feel about me.”

This work saved my life and my business

“I would hands down say that this work and this community has saved my life and it saved my business, which is my baby, and I’m going on my 12th year of business. And I wouldn’t be doing that if it wasn’t for the support of Dylan.”

Her inner critic went from 90% of the day to less than 10%

“If I had this inner voice, critical of me, on about 90% of the day… now I’d say it’s on about five or 10% of the day. I feel joyful. I never thought I could. I feel happy. I feel like the sun is shining inside me… and I never experienced that before.”

She went from determined single to engaged

“I decided I didn’t want anything to do with any of that. It was far too complicated and messy. I was going to be a crazy cat lady and that’s my retirement plan… And then a week ago he asked me to marry him.”

From controlling and lonely to confident and belonging

“Before I started doing this work with Dylan, I was quite controlling, quite lonely, very insecure. I just didn’t feel like I belonged. My life now is very different. I feel confident, I feel grounded. I feel like I belong. I feel like I’m as good as everyone else.”

Her family went from ‘taking the piss’ to attending AWAKEN

“My family who initially would just take the piss out of this are like, wow, we really, really see why you were so keen from the beginning. My mom, who at one point it was just Mexican standoff after one after the other… she very recently came to the in-person AWAKEN. It took her two and a half years to come.”

She came in here like a force of nature

“I’d been for that promotion about two years previously and didn’t get it. The reason I wanted it was wrong. I thought it would make me good enough. Once I had that different perspective, my boss said: ‘You came in here like a force of nature. There was no way you were leaving this room without this job.’”

She reconnected to her purpose and found inner peace

“It’s hard for me to imagine what my life was like before working with Dylan. I feel much more calm. Content. I feel I reconnected to my purpose. I see this work as like a compounding interest. It’s an investment in yourself… this feeling of inner peace.”

The best investment she’s ever made

“This is the best investment I’ve ever made, and I have investments in stock shares, ISAs, bonds, you name it. This brings back more — maybe not in the financial sense, but in the wholeness of me.”

Her relationship is completely different

“My life has changed in so many ways. My job has changed, my ability to handle life has changed. My relationship is completely different because of this work with Dylan and what he facilitates in all of us.”

Being myself is enough

“I keep getting closer and closer to the peace that I’ve always wanted within myself. The feeling of belonging, of being good enough to just be. To be myself is enough. And it’s taken me many years to get to this point, but doing this work is an absolute must in my life.”

How different she is now blows her mind

“How different I am now blows my mind. I don’t recognise that person. I’m very content with my life. I love my life. Two pay rises. I’m now being asked to manage people. I feel like I have the best job in the world.”

Without this work, she’d be in a really dark place

“Without the support of this group, and without this work, it would have been incredibly difficult and I probably would have been in a really dark place. It’s an investment in yourself. It truly is.”

Thanks for saving my life for about the 15th time

“Thanks for saving my life for about the 15th time.”

She feels free to just connect with people

“I feel so comfortable in our dynamic, like our relationship, that I’m just, I feel free to just connect with people.”

She left a toxic relationship and found joy again

“Before doing the work… it was a mess, really. I was in a toxic relationship and made to feel like it was all my fault. I’ve just been really happy and feeling peaceful and it’s nothing in particular, just everyday life, but I feel joyful.”

She felt like she was sleepwalking through life

“I felt like I was sleepwalking through life. This week has felt magical… allowing me to dream again. I don’t think I’ve done that for a lot of years.”

Possibilities are endless

“It transforms how you think about yourself and how you feel about yourself and others and sets you up to exceed even your own expectations. It helps you believe that possibilities are endless.”

She quit without a job — and found something better

“I chose to step into the unknown, really. To be tangible, I found a new job. I quit without having one.”

A completely different person with beautiful friends

“I am a completely different person. I have different people around me. I have beautiful friends that have been from this community that are like my best friends now. And it’s just been the best investment ever that I could ever have bought myself or wanted, really. Just invest in yourself.”

Her life before doing the work was directionless

“My life before doing the work was… I was very unhappy, stuck in a dead marriage… directionless… My life now has purpose, direction. I feel like I can look to the future with a smile on my face, whereas before it was like I just saw doom and gloom.”

She feels more empowered to show up and see what happens

“Before doing this program life was chaotic and messy. It still is kind of. But I feel more empowered to just show up and see what happens. This work is worth trying if you want to change any aspect of your life.”

Nothing to lose and so much to gain

“The free 3-week course was incredibly uplifting and gave me the strength to stay consistent. During the healing sessions I noticed a few glimpses of my manifestations along the way, it was such an amazing feeling. I highly recommend giving it a try, there’s nothing to lose and so much to gain!”

Her doctors are baffled — and tell her to keep going

“My doctors are like, just whatever you’re doing, keep on doing it. We don’t really get it. We can’t endorse it, but just please do it.”

It was worth every penny

“It was worth every penny. It doesn’t feel like a loss at all. Some courses I’ve taken, not so much, but this one feels completely valuable. It’s like done something where I know I can’t turn back and be another way.”

Her life is full of meaningful connection

“My life is really full. I feel it’s full of meaningful connection. It’s full of courage and joy. I have a lot more resilience.”

She quit her HR director job and built a consulting business

“Since I met Dylan, I have been through a personal transformation. I quit my job as an HR director and I now run a very successful consulting business where I am responsible for supporting senior leaders and CEOs to become the leaders that we all wish we had.”

Living proof that you can shift your life

“I’m living proof that you can shift your life doing this work with Dylan.”

If you’ve been looking for a sign, this is it

“If you’ve been looking for a sign, this is the sign. This is the sign you’ve been waiting for. This is opportunity knocking and the universe couldn’t really be any clearer right now. All you’ve got to do is say yes to it. This is the moment that your life changes.”

They’re my family now

“I speak to multiple people from within the community every single day. They’re my family now.”

The best decision and commitment she ever made to herself

“Inner Circle has been hands down the best decision and commitment I’ve ever made to myself. My advice would be to listen to Dylan even when you don’t want to.”

The things we’re most afraid of are the things we need to do

“If you are wondering why there are lots of reasons in your head… just remember the things we are most afraid of are the things we probably need to do. So just go ahead and do it. You absolutely won’t regret it.”

Real community — not surface level

“Being part of a community is huge and being surrounded by like-minded people. I don’t need the surface level conversations anymore. This is just, it’s in depth. It’s not superficial. It’s just real.”

He sees real greatness within people

“I feel that he sees real greatness within people, and that if he doesn’t see greatness within you, then he wouldn’t do work within you. The thing I don’t want to talk about with Dylan is the thing that I need to talk about. That’s where the change, the growth, and the healing always is.”

When she prioritises this, everything else falls into place

“This work is absolutely addictive. And when I prioritise this, everything else in my life seems to fall into place.”

She started hearing poetry in her head

“I basically started hearing poetry in my head… when I put pen to paper it just flowed… hundreds of poems. I’m now consciously creating. I’m in the middle of my first book of published poems.”

She feels alive — more joy and love

“I’m showing up for myself and living more authentically. I feel alive. More joy and love. I’m so grateful.”

She started a cleaning business to finance the training

“I had to work out how I was gonna finance it, which I did through starting a cleaning business.”

From corporate lawyer to running retreats

“I left my corporate job. I used to be a lawyer. Now I do what I love — running retreats and teaching. I wake up most days and I just can’t wait for my day. I’ve never had that in my life. The beginning of last year I was begging myself to put my clothes on to go to work.”

She never thought she’d be on the inspiration panel herself

“I remember seeing the inspiration panel and thinking, whoa, those people are proper badass. And I was like, I’m never gonna be like that, but it’d be nice to just be around those people.”

She learned to live two lives — and chose to stop hiding

“Because of my upbringing with a very Victorian father, I learned to live two lives. I would have the life that people wanted me to live, and the life I lived inside. I was very good at not being seen. And what I’m finding is that by being seen, you grow and you change so much quicker than you do by hiding behind yourself.”

Her real fear was — what if it actually works?

“The fear I realised sometime later wasn’t fear of doing the programme or being with other people. It was fear of what if I actually pull this off? What if it really works? It’s worked for other people. What if it works for me — what will I do then?”

She can finally feel her own heart

“My identity has been based around my body for over 20 years. It led to an eating disorder. Now I’m in a sense of appreciation for my body because it’s done amazing things for me. When we put our hand on our heart in meditation, I can actually feel my heart now. For ages I couldn’t even physically feel it.”

A journey of coming home to yourself

“I would say it’s a journey of coming home. Coming back to you, coming back towards your heart, and really getting in touch with the wisdom of your body. Your body holds the answers to everything. There’s just so much wisdom there.”

She slept on a mattress and borrowed money for the ticket

“I had borrowed money for the Awaken ticket. I was sleeping on a mattress at the time — I didn’t have a bed frame. And I just said, I need to generate this cash and however I need to do that, I’ll do that. And that’s what I did, and that’s what I’m still doing.”

AWAKEN saved her inner world

“I was at a really, really sad point for myself in my life. I didn’t recognise myself at all and I felt like I needed saving. From the three-day Awaken programme, I got so many shifts in three days. I was like, I don’t know how I’m going to get the money for Inner Circle, but I know I have to be there because I know that’s what’s going to save my life. Fourteen months on, it’s definitely saved my inner world.”

Her tumours shrank through inner work

“Since coming into the work, I’ve had tumours in my body shrink. I’ve had blood test results come back where six months previously I’d been on the verge of being sent into surgery — and with meditation and yoga and inner work, they’ve come right back down to normal. I wouldn’t even know this disease is in my body. That’s how amazing I feel every single day.”

This is Lizzie’s personal experience shared in her own words. It is not a medical claim. Our programmes are educational, not clinical.

She didn’t set out to have a cleaning job — she set out to have Inner Circle

“I didn’t have any personal money. I didn’t have any savings. So I saw an advert for a cleaner. Within three weeks she was paying me more. It grew to eight clients. I paid it off early. I didn’t set out to have a cleaning job — I set out to have Inner Circle.”

Life isn’t a fight anymore — and she’s teaching the British Swim team

“My relationship with time has shifted markedly. Life isn’t a fight anymore. Things just flow with ease. I’ve let go of that control and I was a real control freak. I was also introduced to yoga through this programme — I started teaching athletes and the British Swim team.”

That frustration has gone — and she can finally create freely

“Before I was so frustrated because there were always things I wanted to say or express or create, and I always held myself back. Now I just feel and experience how much I can create my life myself. That frustration has gone, and that’s so much more valuable than the little scariness of actually expressing myself.”

If you’re on the fence — get off on the other side

“This work is just about running head-on into my resistance. Whatever the thing is that I am so freaked out to do — that is the very thing I need to do. If you’re on the fence, it’s uncomfortable. Get off on the other side.”

She recognised she was a leader — and changed her whole path

“I’ve chosen a completely different path. A less conventional path. I’m now teaching yoga. I’m qualified. It’s helping me be seen and be okay with being a leader. I think that’s probably the biggest shift in my life — I’ve recognised that I am a leader and I never thought I was a leader before.”

She stepped back from her sons — and they started a business together

“Since I’ve been doing this work, I’ve let my sons do their own thing and now they’ve just set up their own business together. Before I’d be going, ‘Oh why didn’t you do this? I can help you with this.’ This time I just stepped back and the difference in them is actually huge.”

She feels like a kind, good person — and can recognise it now

“I feel like a kind, good person and I can recognise that in myself now. I don’t think I could have said that I liked myself as a person before.”

You can’t put a price on it — life-changing stuff

“I had a massive shift at Awaken last year and it completely changed everything. That was worth any penny that I would ever spend. You can’t put a price on it — life-changing stuff.”

Like an archaeologist uncovering treasures you always had

“You are like an archaeologist. You are taking away the sand a layer at a time and uncovering all these magical qualities or resources that you always had and are always part of you. But for whatever reason, they’ve been covered up. And the deeper you get, the more magical and beautiful those things are.”

She never found anything like it anywhere else in the world

“The commitment to yourself and to working on yourself is the most powerful commitment of all. It’s the best investment you’ll ever make. Every single person here is as invested in you and your journey as they are in their own. There’s not one selfish person in this community. I’ve never found anything like it anywhere else in the world.”

She’s empowered — and showing her kids they don’t have to settle

“The biggest impact has been in how I feel about myself as a person. I’ve been able to support and be a leader for my three kids. And show them that you don’t have to put up with what you don’t want in your life. I know I’m strong — but I’m empowered by Inner Circle.”

Life just feels safe now

“I just feel a lot safer generally day to day. There’s a beautiful community of amazing people here and they’ve always got my back. I just feel safe now.”

There is nothing like the work that Dylan does

“I’ve been involved in a lot of different healing modalities through my years. And I can guarantee you there is nothing like the work that Dylan does in Inner Circle and how he expresses his gifts and how he serves his community. It’s very, very powerful. If you’re looking for big shifts in your life, this is the place to find that.”

She manifested her way in as a single parent

“I was a single parent, not on a fantastic wage. I had no idea how I was ever going to get there. And I felt like an imposter for the first two months — I was going to get found out. But I manifested my way in. And that’s how I’ve done so many things — not writing a cheque for them, but manifesting them.”

Her mother is physically healing through meditation

“My mother has been doing meditation herself, and through meditation she’s starting to heal physical wounds. She’s a diabetic and the wounds hadn’t been shifting for a year. When I went to visit her, I’m actually seeing physical healing. It’s crazy — but it really works.”

This is Anita’s personal observation shared in her own words. It is not a medical claim. Our programmes are educational, not clinical.

Even doing this today — she would never have done it before

“The first time I’ve kind of thought, actually, I need to focus on myself. Learning to communicate from an authentic place. Making decisions and choices which were loving for myself. Even doing this today — I probably would not have done this before. I used to be in the background.”

The seeds are planted and she’s starting to bloom

“I chose to step into the unknown. I quit without having a job. The process has been about communicating, getting myself out, raising my voice, thinking before speaking. The seeds are planted and I’m now starting to plume.”

Fun just rocketed back up after turning 30

“I turned 30 a few years ago and I sort of felt like, okay, my life’s just gonna be a bit dull now. Twenties is the fun part. No — all the fun stuff’s just rocketed back up and there’s stuff coming to me all the time now.”

He put a ring on it — after she was very decided against it

“I was very decided against ever having a relationship again. I was done. I was going to be single and independent and nobody was going to come in and ruin my plan. And then I met a lovely man just over a year ago who is everything I could have wished for. He’s put a ring on it now.”

She feels much more in flow with life instead of start-stop

“I feel like life is so much more peaceful. I know which way to go. I have not only tools to handle things, but the inner strength and inner peace to actually apply them. I just feel much more in flow with life instead of start-stop.”

Too awesome to numb it away

“I healed a hurt I’d been carrying for ten years on Day 2 of my very first AWAKEN. I cried and I forgave myself and the people involved. And it’s gone. I was drinking way too much through complete unhappiness. I haven’t had a touch of alcohol for six months. I will never ever have a drink again — because what I’m finding out about myself is just too awesome to numb it away.”

I was not living — I was just existing

“I was so incredibly unhappy and stuck and desperate. I was not living. I was just existing. I was numb inside. Clicking that button would mean confronting all the things I’d pushed down for so long. I was sitting in a car outside my son’s school watching your masterclass, Dylan. And I just hit the button. And I haven’t looked back.”

Joyful, healthier, wealthier, and grateful

“I feel joyful, healthier, wealthier, and so grateful. I’m able to heal people freely. I’m abundant in love.”

Closed my salon of 8 years to follow my purpose

“I was a hairdresser and I ran my salon for eight years. A month ago, I closed it. I was brave enough and I trusted myself that this is the right thing to do. I’m setting up a full-time yoga business. My whole life has changed. If you’re ready to commit and to do the work — it’s life-changing.”

I used to run from everything — not anymore

“That was my pattern — I’d run away from things. Things get difficult, I’m off. And I’m not that person anymore. I stay until the very end. I see it through.”

My condition became my purpose

“On the back of my health journey, I wanted to share my story. I started a business community to help other patients with this condition. I’ve had paying members, I started a podcast, I’ve put out one-to-one offers. It is my absolute passion and my purpose. It is why I am here.”

A lifetime of trauma — gone in just over a year

“In the time I’ve been in this work with Dylan and the community, I have absolutely dropped a lifetime’s trauma. It came fast — a lifetime of trauma in just over a year is heavy going. But it’s been worth every single second because I couldn’t even imagine myself still carrying all that. I just don’t know how I carried it all.”

Breaking the cycle of toxic work patterns

“My boss bullied and harassed me. In my next job, I was starting to create similar patterns, responding in ways that tried to push them away. But as a result of doing this work, I pushed through and created a really good career and job that I want and that I deserve.”

My dating life completely transformed

“I’ve been travelling a lot more. I had a little holiday romance, which I never had before. I’m now dating someone that’s really great — a very amazing guy. Before, my dating life was the same things happening again and again. It’s completely different this time.”

From gray and downtrodden to vibrant

“The only way I can describe myself at the beginning is I was gray. I was downtrodden, gray, lost. But now I feel vibrant, happy. I actually feel happy every day and I was miserable before.”

Worth every penny and every moment

“That you are worth it. That the money that I’ve spent, the time that I’ve given — it has paid back much more than you can imagine.”

I didn’t trust myself — I needed everyone’s approval

“I was always feeling like I hadn’t really found my purpose. I lived a good life but I just knew somewhere deep down there’s something else that I’m supposed to be doing. I was constantly looking for external approval and validation because I didn’t trust myself.”

Maybe for everyone else — but not for me

“I have an autosomal dominant genetic disorder. You cannot do anything about it according to current understanding. Something in me was just like — maybe for everyone else, but not for me. And I’ve come in to do the inner work and I’ve bucked all the trends possible.”

Individual experience. Not medical advice.